Bryce Roberts is co-founder and managing director of a different kind of VC
firm, Indie.VC. He recently announced v3 of their fund model which is focused
on backing revenue-generating companies that are seeking financial
independence from the traditional VC rat race. Prior to starting the fund four
years ago, Bryce invested in seed stage startups in the mid-2000's out of
O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV). Portfolio companies include Bitly,
Chartbeat, Codecademy, Foursquare, Hipcamp, OpenX, and a bunch of others. He
joins me all the way from his home base in Utah. In this episode: We talk all
things venture capital, including how it's changed over the past decade and
where it's going in the future. We've previously talked a bit about
distributed teams on the startup side, but here we also talk about distributed
teams when it comes to investing, including when Bryce moved from the Bay Area
to Utah in the middle of a fund. How founders can be more honest with
themselves about what they really want, and why so many want to quit chasing
venture funding that they don't really want, and which leaves them in an
escalating cycle of constantly reaching for the next funding milestone. We
talk about which geographies in the Bryce is most bullish on for startups,
besides the Bay Area. We get sidetracked talking about Bryce's membership in
the “first name club” on Twitter (his username is
@bryce) and whether we might
be seeing any of the videos he's created on TikTok anytime soon (we won't). We
also talk about some of Bryce's favorite products, including the Apple Watch,
a headband that is supposed to help you sleep, and why TikTok is so addictive.
We’ll be back next week so be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to your
favorite podcasts. Also, big thanks to AngelList and FreshBooks for their
support.
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Bryce Roberts is co-founder and managing director of a different kind of VC
firm, Indie.VC. He recently announced v3 of their fund model which is focused
on backing revenue-generating companies that are seeking financial
independence from the traditional VC rat race. Prior to starting the fund four
years ago, Bryce invested in seed stage startups in the mid-2000's out of
O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV). Portfolio companies include Bitly,
Chartbeat, Codecademy, Foursquare, Hipcamp, OpenX, and a bunch of others. He
joins me all the way from his home base in Utah. In this episode: We talk all
things venture capital, including how it's changed over the past decade and
where it's going in the future. We've previously talked a bit about
distributed teams on the startup side, but here we also talk about distributed
teams when it comes to investing, including when Bryce moved from the Bay Area
to Utah in the middle of a fund. How founders can be more honest with
themselves about what they really want, and why so many want to quit chasing
venture funding that they don't really want, and which leaves them in an
escalating cycle of constantly reaching for the next funding milestone. We
talk about which geographies in the Bryce is most bullish on for startups,
besides the Bay Area. We get sidetracked talking about Bryce's membership in
the “first name club” on Twitter (his username is
@bryce) and whether we might
be seeing any of the videos he's created on TikTok anytime soon (we won't). We
also talk about some of Bryce's favorite products, including the Apple Watch,
a headband that is supposed to help you sleep, and why TikTok is so addictive.
We’ll be back next week so be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to your
favorite podcasts. Also, big thanks to AngelList and FreshBooks for their
support.
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